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Are Immune Modulating Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Associated with Necrotizing Enterocolitis?
Scientific reports - 16 Dec 2015
Franklin Ashanti L, Said Mariam, Cappiello Clint D, Gordish-Dressman Heather, Tatari-Calderone Zohreh, Vukmanovic Stanislav, Rais-Bahrami Khodayar, Luban Naomi L C, Devaney Joseph M, Sandler Anthony D
Abstract excerpt
Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a devastating gastrointestinal emergency. The purpose of this study is to determine if functional single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in immune-modulating genes pre-dispose infants to NEC. After Institutional Review Board approval and parental consent, buccal swabs were collected for DNA extraction. TaqMan allelic discrimination assays and BglII endonuclease digestion were...
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